1988

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows 1988

poster Martial Law
Martial Law
86mn - Action, Crime, Drama
An undercover cop teams up with a martial-arts expert to stop a gang of drug smugglers and car thieves.
poster High School U.S.A.
High School U.S.A.
(2.8/5)
96mn - Short, Romance, Comedy
Set in a senior high school class, J.J. pursues the girlfriend of a rival from a higher clique which culminates in a race at the end of the movie between the two rivals in this light comedy.
poster Do You Know the Muffin Man?
Do You Know the Muffin Man?
(2.8/5)
90mn - Drama, Crime
Roger Dollison, a police officer, and his wife, Kendra, are living the American dream. They have two children, Teddy and Sandy, a lovely home, and a dog named Rex. What they know and how they live as a fa…
poster Criminal Act
Criminal Act
93mn - Thriller, Horror, Crime
Two investigative reporters track down reports of giant rats in a city sewer system.
poster Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys
Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys
(3.2/5)
91mn - Short, Drama, Music
Dramatization looks at the tumultuous relationship that existed between rock group The Beach Boy's Brian and Dennis Wilson and their father, Murry. It also examines their struggles with drugs and alcohol.
poster They Live
They Live
(3.6/5)
94mn - Sci-Fi, Action
A lone drifter stumbles upon a unique pair of sunglasses that reveal aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into submission.
poster Reunion
Reunion
(2.9/5)
94mn - Drama
A bittersweet and heartfelt story about going back. In the twenty-four hours before their 20th high school reunion, five friends, a younger brother and a mysterious photojournalist are reunited by determi…
poster A Simple Matter of Justice
A Simple Matter of Justice
58mn -
A powerful and moving piece documenting the lesbian, gay and bisexual movement in the early 1990s, A Simple Matter of Justice expresses all the emotions of the joyful protest that was the 1993 March on Wa…
poster Talk to Me
Talk to Me
90mn - Drama, Short
An idealistic talk show producer clashes with her ratings obsessed boss on a story involving a young prostitute.
poster No Other Love
No Other Love
(3.6/5)
97mn - Drama, Short, Romance
A young marginally intellectually-disabled girl and boy meet, plan to marry, and convince the world that they are entitled to a life of their own -- despite attempts by the girl's parents to separate them.
poster The Return
The Return
86mn - Mystery, Thriller, Sci-Fi
Two young children and an adult in a small town have an encounter with an alien spaceship. 25 years later the children are reunited as adults in the same town which is now beset by strange cattle mutilati…
poster Breaking Loose
Breaking Loose
87mn - Action
A young man leaves home in search of his fathers backgound in a small country town and gets mixed up with all sorts of weird and wild characters.
poster Dreams Don't Die
Dreams Don't Die
(3.3/5)
100mn - Drama, Thriller, Short
Two young kids in love, one young graffiti artist and the other a foster-child, find trouble on the mean streets on the other side of the river in New York City. Officer Charles Banks finds young Danny ta…
poster Shootdown
Shootdown
(2.9/5)
100mn - Drama, Short
Nan Moore is a U.S. government employee whose son is killed when Korean Air Flight 007 is shot down by Soviets on September 1, 1983. While the "official" story maintains that the flight accidentally veere…
poster The Cops Are Robbers
The Cops Are Robbers
(2.8/5)
93mn - Drama, Crime, Short
Made-for-TV drama about one of the largest crimes in history—the 1980 robbery of the Boston Depositors Trust by a group of policemen. Capt. Gerry Clemente is the leader of a gang of rotten cops who take t…
poster Martial Outlaw
Martial Outlaw
(2.8/5)
86mn - Action, Crime, Drama
A DEA agent and his brother, a Los Angeles cop, battle the Russian mafia.
poster Out There
Out There
(2.7/5)
98mn - Comedy, Sci-Fi, Family
A Pulitzer Prize winning photographer is fired from his job for not being sensationalistic enough. After he purchases an old camera at a yard sale, he discovers some undeveloped film in it, including phot…
poster Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
(2.7/5)
93mn - Drama, Crime, Short
An estranged father and son are paroled from the same maximum-security prison with one unusual condition, they must become roommates. Their severed bonds are strained as the father battles to keep his son…
poster The Red Fury
The Red Fury
(3.1/5)
105mn - Drama, Family
A lonely boy befriends a vicious stallion.
poster Knock Off
Knock Off
91mn - Action, Adventure, Thriller
A fashion designer and his CIA agent business partner must join forces to stop a group of terrorists from smuggling explosives in counterfeit jeans during the handover of Hong Kong.
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